A Teacher's Guide to Folklife Resources

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New York, NY

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Musics of Multicultural America: A Study of Twelve Musical Communities
by Kip Lornell, Anne Rasmussen
348 pp., audio CD, 1997, $49.95
Subjects: Music; African American Culture; Caribbean Culture; Mexican Culture;
Locations: United States; Mexico; Latin America; Caribbean; New York (City);


This is an interdisciplinary reader that introduces students to the diverse musical cultures which constitute America's musical landscape. Chapters cover the music of Brooklyn's West Indian steel drum bands, Memphis gospel quartets, Mexican mariachi music, and much more. Includes a compact disc of the same name.

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Schirmer Books
New York, NY